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Scott Bourne

Art

How a skater’s lustful scribbles on cardboard are helping opera to evolve

Defiant scrawls of love — Progressive composer Shinji Eshima collaborates with skater-turned writer Scott Bourne to update contemporary opera with modern musings on love.

Written by: Alex King
Skate

Outspoken skater turned writer Scott Bourne on living by your own rules

No Authority But Yourself — He rejected America for Paris and gave up skateboarding to write. Scott Bourne refuses to follow the pack.

Written by: Benjamin Deberdt
Print

The constant reinvention of skateboarding’s dark genius Scott Bourne

New book: Orgy Porgy: Short Stories and True Tales — Former pro-skateboarder Scott Bourne on his new chapter as a poet, novelist and father based in Paris.

Written by: Alex King

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